Nathaniel Thomas Allen Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele, (né Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes; 22 September 1920 – 20 January 2024), styled as Lord Saye and Sele, was an English peer, businessman, chartered surveyor and army officer.
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Early life and education
Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was born on 22 September 1920, the son of Ivo Murray Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 20th Baron Saye and Sele, and Hersey Cecilia Hester Butler. Despite a family connection with Winchester College, he was educated at Eton and then at New College, Oxford. While still a student at Eton, he played cricket at minor counties level for Oxfordshire, making a single appearance in the 1938 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. Whilst studying at Oxford, Fiennes did not play first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club, given the suspension of first-class cricket during the Second World War.
Army career
During the Second World War Fiennes served in the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). He received an emergency commission in the Rifle Brigade on 19 April 1941, and was promoted war-substantive lieutenant on 1 October 1942 and temporary captain on 3 September 1943. In March 1945 he was mentioned in despatches for service in North-West Europe.